Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-10-01

smugglers-men who lived by defying
the laws Of the land. He congratulated
the court on being able at last to bring
these men to justice. He should prove
and here set forth the whole facts, during
which Sergt. Jamblin leaned back and
occasionally whispered to one of the junior
counsel with q depreciatory smile.
When the counsel for the prosecution
had finished he called his witnesses.
Lieut.. Pollard was the first. From in
formation received, he stationed himself
with a company Of sixteen men in Rous-
don bay at midnight on Thursday, Oct.
Is. About 4 O'Clock in the morning
the Dancing Polly rounded the point
and stood in for the creek. At the mo-
ment of landing he effected tie arrest.
This was all substantially that he had
to say. Then the sergeant rose and he be-
gan to tear him to pieces.
Lieut.. Pollardf"
"That, with his lordship's permission, I
decline to state"
The court ruled that the question need
not lie asked.
II was only anxious, my lord" said the
sergeant smiling sweetly, "for the witness
" sake to prove that Il British officer is
incapable Of employing any Of those dcs-
picable persons who live by betraying the
sins or follies of their fellow men,"
Here the gallant officer Redeemed and
looked uncomfortable.
I'VE will go on" said the sergeant.
"What did this villainous informer tell
your"
"That the notorious smuggler, Dan Gull
0sr~rr xy~o,1y1 tfnrNr% - -, Ornr, frov,, %10
French coast on that particular night,
laden with brandy"
"Ah! Remember, Lieut.. Pollard. you
are on oath. Every word that you say is
on oath. Pray, why notorious snug
glers'"
The witness laughed.
Everybody knows that he is a notori-
u smuggler."
II care nothing about everybody know
ing; do You know"
"Of course I know"
''How do you know?'
"By general report"
$50, if general report proclaimed you a
murderer, n thief, or anything else, you
must of necessity be that kind of crimi-
nal:''
The witness was silent. OF course he
could not be expected to state that he had
often partaken of the CULVER brandy,
and had, indeed, purchased it.
HAS the elder prisoner, or any of the
prisoners, indeed, ever been convicted of
smuggling %Sss'%
"Iave you ever seen them smuggling"
"Never before"
"Do you, then, still persist in that OK
preston, notorious smugglcr?'"
The witness hesitated.
II suppose I must withdraw it," he
said.
"He withdraws it, gentlemen of the
jury. Remark, if you please, that the
witness has never, he says, known of any
smuggling on the part Of the prisoners.
Let the injurious presumption raised in
your minds by my learned brothers. open
ing speech, and perhaps confirmed by the
careless, baseless expressions of n preju-
diced witness, be Immediately dismissed.
We have to dc with one charge, and one
alone. Now, sir, your best attention, ii
you please. You say yon caught this man
smuggling, do yon?'
Il do"
"What was he smuggling"
"Brandy."
GLOW do you know"
ollc L my Aicl OEtueu u hcp.
And p%urloined, being in the revenue
service, spirit which he supposed to be
Struggled. Has the man been brought tc
justice$'
"He has not"
"Were there other kegs"
81 did not see."
"When your men returned for theil
prize, what did they find:''
Nothing. The craft had been cleared
in their absence"
The next witness was the man, James
Skirling by name, who had opened tho
key.
He gave his evidence in rs few words rs
possible, and was then in turn submitted
to cross examination.
~ understand you," said the sergeant
in slow and awful tones, ''to inform tho
court that You took advantage of tho
darkness and confusion to breach u key
actually to breach a keg and I'LL n bottley'
~ did"
"You stole that liquor, in fact; you
placed it in this bottle.' He held up tho
fatal flask.
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